Towels and washing? Every day?

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How often do you wash your towels?

I wash mine after two goes and I regularly bleach... husband thinks I'm mental? AIBU??

@JoxerGoesToStuttgart Tue 27-Aug-19 11:39:42
I don’t think it’s to do with class either, I’m also not a snob.

No the snobbery goes the other way. Snobbery towards people who like clean houses. On MN it’s trendy not to clean.

I think it's because this super clean attitude came from the lower classes. People that didn't want to give anyone anything to talk about them for. And strove to outdo everyone else as the cleanest. People that had time on their hands to worry about how clean other peoples doorsteps were. People that time to do all this continuous cleaning. because they didn't work.

I leave MN for a couple of hours to wash my towels and bleach my arsehole and came back to chaos

I am hopeless at housewifery. Does bleaching your bumhole mean you don't now need to add the bleach to the towel wash? Or would I still need to be bleaching both?

@JoxerGoesToStuttgart Tue 27-Aug-19 10:56:02
I love these threads. I really do grin

“So bad for the environment” from people who eat meat, fly to their holiday in the US/Europe/Asia, drive, buy everything wrapped in plastic.

Unless you are as minimal as possible you don’t get to use the environment card on these threads.

One small act is better than none. We really shouldn't not attempt any because we can't do it all. That's just stupid.

“I wash bath towels once a year, they’re drying a clean body. If you need to wash more often you’re back not washing yourself properly. I wash hand towels daily/twice a week.”

So you don’t wash your hands properly then? Why not?

Hand towels get more use than bath/shower towels. Obviously.

“I wash them when they’re dirty- every 2 weeks”

So they’re spotless for 13 days and suddenly dirty on day 14? Doubt it.

If they were clean after every use they’d never need washed at all. So are they drying a clean body or not? How are they becoming dirty after wash 14?

Use builds up skin etc. After several uses, the towel still doesn't need to be washed as it hasn't built up enough need for it yet if hung so it dries properly.

“I wash mine once a week- anything more is excessive”

Well actually, once a week is excessive- as you can see by this thread you can clearly go 2 weeks/ a month/ 6 months before it becomes dirty. You’re being very wasteful.

All depends on the usage and how clean you are after bathing/showering. Some people on MN have said before that they don't soap their whole selves, just bits & pits and let the soap run over the rest of them. That is obviously not washing properly.

Much logic fail on these threads. As usual.

Not really, just some people carrying out hygiene hysterics.

Well I work and I make the time to clean.
Probably does come from lower classes as my family are Romany and it is embedded in us from a young age that we must have clean homes.
The cleanliness rituals come from our culture and the way we are brought up.

*instilled I meant.

I think it's because this super clean attitude came from the lower classes. People that didn't want to give anyone anything to talk about them for. And strove to outdo everyone else as the cleanest. People that had time on their hands to worry about how clean other peoples doorsteps were. People that time to do all this continuous cleaning. because they didn't work.

I think you mean the working Classes. Named as such because they, er, work. Also I think you’ll find people that have clean and tidy houses don’t need to continuously clean. It takes very little time to maintain an already clean house. Plenty of time to go to work.

I am hopeless at housewifery. Does bleaching your bumhole mean you don't now need to add the bleach to the towel wash?

Wait, you dont bleach your arse?! No wonder you lot got the plague

Some of the spiders with fat hairy legs are experts at anal bleaching and decluttering for those who are interested.

Also I think you’ll find people that have clean and tidy houses don’t need to continuously clean. It takes very little time to maintain an already clean house.

So, they do continuously clean. Just very little at a time because their houses are already minimally dirty. Otherwise, the houses would get very dirty and would therefore require more effort at one time, although the occupiers could relax the rest of the time.

And it seems from this thread that the working classes are more worried about white and clean because they work? But, surely, the upper classes would have the working classes to keep their whites white and their clean houses clean. No?
Are people saying that the upper classes told their working class employees that it didn't matter if they didn't keep their white shirts white?

Or is it a more recent phenomenon whereby most of the upper classes don't have the cash to pay for help and thereby don't" care" as much if their whites are white?

@ElizaDee 'Unless you are as minimal as possible you don’t get to use the environment card on these threads.

One small act is better than none. We really shouldn't not attempt any because we can't do it all. That's just stupid.'

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Bravo, well said!

So, they do continuously clean.

No. Continuous means doing it constantly. Which of course isn’t what I said, nor what happens when a house is already clean. It just isn’t necessary so it doesn’t happen.

Just very little at a time

Yes. Which isn’t continuous. Obviously. It’s little at a time. Not all the time.

The rest of your post 😂

I've changed over to linen towels and cotton beach type towels. They're light and absorbent and take up very little room in the washing machine, so they just go in with everything else. They dry quickly too as I don't have a tumble dryer. I change mine every other day. Towels start to smell funky if they're not washed regularly. The dcs change theirs twice a week and dh is about the same.

Unless you are as minimal as possible you don’t get to use the environment card on these threads.

One small act is better than none. We really shouldn't not attempt any because we can't do it all. That's just stupid.'

That’s assuming that those who (in this case) are washing towels after one use aren’t doing anything else to reduce their own impact on the environment.

So, who spends more time cleaning? People who keep their houses clean all the time, or those whose houses get dirty and then clean them when they get dirty?

I would think that the people who don’t see unnecessary towel washing and frequent use of bleach as bad for the environment, are also not bothered about other wasteful/damaging things.

And vice versa.

I’m not perfect but I try to reduce my impact with every aspect of my life. And I think it’s important to point out that daily towel washing is really wasteful and totally unnecessary.

So, who spends more time cleaning? People who keep their houses clean all the time, or those whose houses get dirty and then clean them when they get dirty?

We weren’t talking about who spends more time cleaning. We were talking about people apparently “continuously” cleaning. Which is no-one of course.

@Maybe2020

I’ve been reading about the plague in the UK, but the book doesn’t cover Europe. It does say there are no explanations for those who seemed to have immunity. You’ve mentioned cleanliness and the plague, so you feel there’s a link?

NC for this as outing.

Towels are bad for the environment, tiny threads escape and embed themselves in your eyeballs.

It may well be, but you were saying that
It takes very little time to maintain an already clean house. Plenty of time to go to work.

To keep the house clean all the time, you have to keep on top of it, thereby cleaning a lot. So... less time to go to work?

And if you want your towels pristine, then, it must be continuous indeed.

BTW, back to that post, the pp wasn't saying that the working class people didn't work. They were saying the critics didn't work and had the time to keep everything spotless all the time.

OMG I don’t who this thigh is (excellent user name choice though). For years I have thought I had a problem with insomnia. Looking closer tonight I find I have a forest of towel fibres sticking out of my eye balls and preventing my eye lids from closing. I will be removing them posthaste and looking forward to a good night’s sleep. Thank you so much thigh with the beautiful use name.

To keep the house clean all the time, you have to keep on top of it, thereby cleaning a lot. So... less time to go to work?

Yes, working people have stinking houses. Fact.

And if you want your towels pristine, then, it must be continuous indeed.

I wouldn’t know. I’ve no interest in pristine towels.

back to that post, the pp wasn't saying that the working class people didn't work. They were saying the critics didn't work and had the time to keep everything spotless all the time.

Well no, they said “lower” classes. I can only assume they meant the working classes. And they did say they didn’t work so had time to clean.

I think it's because this super clean attitude came from the lower classes. People that didn't want to give anyone anything to talk about them for. And strove to outdo everyone else as the cleanest. People that had time on their hands to worry about how clean other peoples doorsteps were. People that time to do all this continuous cleaning. because they didn't work.

@RosaWaiting I don’t know where I read it but through researching a bit about my ancestory I came across an article that said Romany didn’t seem to get the plague as much as non Roma.
The women washed their clothes separately from each thing and in different parts of rivers. Something like that anyway, can’t really remember exactly what it said.
Sounds dumb but I swear I read it! 😄

Yeah for sure it's a class thing. Obsessing over daily washing of the towels and wanting plug-ins etc will in a bit Mrs Hinch lower-middle-class. Whereas people like senior professionals etc etc wouldn't get involved in crap like that.
How do you even bleach a towel? In the dispenser?

Problem is in the long run, what if water becomes scarcer and it is rationed as it is in some poor countries.

I think we should be more sensible in all aspects of life n relation to the environment

I wonder if those avid washers are on a water metre? Luckily I'm not but try not to take anything for granted

But saying that the link is probably between moving around a lot and not staying in one spot for a long time.